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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Amtskörperschaft Göppingen |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ½ Million Notgeld der Amtskörperschaft Göppingen AUSGEGEBEN MIT GENEHMIGUNG D. REICHSFINANZ-MINISTERS NAMENS DER AMTSKÖRPERSCHAFT GÖPPINGEN GOPPINGEN, 10. AUGUST 1923 OBERAMTMANN: OBERAMTSPFLEGER: |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same dark brown and ochre colour scheme, with a large central vignette on a solid dark ground in an Expressionist woodcut manner, portraying three male figures — a farmer with a scythe, a craftsman, and a worker — standing in solidarity with arms raised, above which the motto 'Seid einig!' (Be united!) is inscribed. Flanking the central panel are two vertical columns of geometric ornament, each bearing a circle enclosing '½ Million' above and 'Million' in Gothic script below; a serial number on an ochre ornamental band is printed beneath the central vignette. |
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Göppingen's 500,000 Mark note belongs to the chaotic summer of 1923, when German municipal and district authorities — Amtskörperschaften among them — were legally printing their own emergency currency because the Reichsbank simply could not supply paper money fast enough to keep pace with hyperinflation. These Notgeld issues weren't symbolic; they were functional wage-payment instruments, often redeemed within days or weeks before the next devaluation made them worthless.
The 500,000 Mark denomination, staggering by any peacetime standard, was already mid-range by August 1923 — Billion-Mark notes followed within months.